PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Otto The Great (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Worrington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Otto The Great had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

The Great
vs
Worrington

170 cm
25
167 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
23
179 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Otto The Great!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Adam Worrington!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Daniel Franklin and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Worrington throws a nice looking combination but The Great bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The fight stays on the outside here - The Great looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

The Great moves into the clinch.
The referee calls for The Great to work.
The Great lands a left hand.
Worrington looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The Great is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The Great comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A right hook to the body lands for The Great.
Worrington is working for takedown but The Great is calmly controlling the position for now.
The Great lands an elbow that stopped Worrington in his tracks for a moment.
The Great with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The Great lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The Great effectively controlling the action here.
The Great scores with a knee to the head.
The Great lands a nice elbow.
The Great lands an elbow inside that Worrington shrugs off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Worrington wants to get back to striking at distance but The Great won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Worrington just misses with a elbow thrown towards The Great's brow.
The Great tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The Great misses with a punch to the body.
The Great lands a knee to the head.
The Great scores a nice knee to the body.
The Great lands an elbow just above Worrington 's eye.
Stalling in the clinch from The Great.
I was talking to The Great's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
The Great lands an elbow inside.
Worrington goes for a takedown in the clinch but The Great prevents it.
The Great throws a knee to the head but misses.
The Great just leaning against Worrington, taking a breather.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with The Great for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
A short right hand to the side of the head by The Great.
Come on The Great - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Nice body punch from The Great - that landed with a thud.
The Great scores a nice knee to the body.
Worrington looks winded!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Worrington swings away with an uppercut that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Great scores with a hook to the body.

Worrington manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
The Great wanted to stand there but Worrington had control of the position.
Worrington wants to stand but The Great is controlling the position.

The Great gets to his feet - Worrington follows without any prompting.
Worrington misses with a wild body shot.

The Great drives through and clinches with Worrington against the cage.
The Great connects with a nasty looking knee right to Worrington's face.
The Great lands an uppercut.
Worrington throws a head punch that misses.
Worrington misses with a body punch.
The Great scores with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Great will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Worrington up against the cage.
The Great tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The Great is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Otto The Great has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adam Worrington.
The Great lands a body shot.
The Great tries a body shot but Worrington blocks it.
The Great lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The Great taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Worrington takes an elbow to the forehead.
The Great lands an elbow that stopped Worrington in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from The Great.
The Great scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The Great tries to throw a body punch but Worrington avoids it by throwing The Great back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by The Great.
Worrington wants to break the clinch but can't.
The Great taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. The Great obliges.
Worrington fails to pull guard.
The Great connects with a knee to the head.
The Great taking a breather.
The Great struggles to land a body shot inside as Worrington controls his hands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Worrington blocks a body shot from The Great.
Worrington takes an elbow to the temple.
The Great lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Great effectively controlling the action here.
The Great lands a damaging elbow.
Worrington gets through The Great's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Otto The Great dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Worrington dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

The Great gets a clinch.
Worrington takes a knee right on the jaw!
Worrington looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The Great lands a damaging elbow.
The Great creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Worrington's defenses.
Worrington tries for a takedown but The Great manages to get underhooks.
The Great works on Worrington's body with a couple of short punches.
A knee to the head by The Great.
Worrington takes a knee right on the jaw!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Worrington.
Worrington tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Worrington misses with a punch on the inside.
Worrington takes a knee right on the jaw!
Worrington takes an elbow to the forehead.
The Great makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The Great managing to block the knees to the body from Worrington.
The Great stalls.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Great lands an elbow that stopped Worrington in his tracks for a moment.
Worrington is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Worrington is breathing heavily.
The Great lands a nice elbow.
Worrington misses with a body punch.
The Great lands a knee to the head.
The Great avoiding damage.
The Great seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Worrington wants to break free but The Great has control.
The Great lands with a light punch inside.
The Great leaning his opponent against the cage.
Worrington fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Worrington.
Worrington working hard to break the clinch.
The Great with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Worrington can't find room to land a body shot as The Great controls the action.
The Great lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Worrington misses with a short punch on the inside.
The Great misses with a body punch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by The Great.
The Great lands a damaging elbow.
The referee calls for The Great to work.
The Great lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The Great lands a body punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Worrington takes a knee to the side of the body.
The Great looking to throw knees to the head but Worrington is blocking nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Worrington fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Great tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Worrington's elbow.
The Great has Worrington pushed against the cage.
Otto The Great has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Worrington working hard to break the clinch.
The Great tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Worrington letting The Great take a breather here.
Worrington stalling in the clinch but The Great improves position.
Worrington wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The Great lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Worrington or not.
The Great doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The Great stalls.
Worrington unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Great lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Great connects with a nasty looking knee right to Worrington's face.
Worrington is trying to break the clinch but The Great has him pressed against the cage.
Worrington is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The Great comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Worrington wants to break the clinch but can't.
The Great tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Worrington pulls guard.
Worrington trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Worrington throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Worrington looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Worrington wants to stand and escape but The Great is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Otto The Great dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Worrington misses with a wild body shot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as The Great checks a leg kick.

The Great closes the distance and pushes Worrington back into the cage.
The Great prevents a body shot from Worrington.
The Great tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The Great taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Worrington has The Great pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. The Great manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Worrington tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Worrington struggles to land a body shot inside as The Great controls his hands.
A right hook to the body lands for The Great.
Worrington takes an elbow to the temple.
The Great taking a breather.

Worrington ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Worrington no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
The Great has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Worrington is proving hard to escape from.
Worrington takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Worrington not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The Great is looking to stand up but Worrington won't let him.
Worrington wants to stand and escape but The Great is having none of it.
Worrington has a closed guard, preventing The Great from standing up.
The Great trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Worrington circles away from the clinch attempt.
Worrington circles away from the clinch attempt.

The Great closes the distance and clinches.
The Great throws a punch but it's blocked by Worrington.
Worrington is looking to take this one to the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Great can't find room to land a body shot as Worrington controls the action.
Worrington is trying to push The Great away but The Great has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The Great controlling the action here for a moment.
The Great lands an elbow inside that Worrington shrugs off.
Worrington misses with the head strike.
The Great lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The Great lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Worrington has had enough of the clinch but The Great keeps him there for the moment.
Worrington looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The Great lands with a right to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Great blocks an uppercut.
The Great blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Great lands an elbow just above Worrington 's eye.
Worrington wants to break free but The Great has control.
Worrington with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Worrington tries to break free but The Great pushes him back against the cage.
Good body shot from The Great.
The Great lands a damaging elbow.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
The Great connects with a nasty looking knee right to Worrington's face.
The Great connects with a knee to the head.
A head punch on the inside from The Great fails to land.
The Great lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Worrington backwards.
The Great makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The Great lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Worrington misses with a hook to the ribs.
Worrington working hard to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Worrington prevents a body shot from The Great.
The Great looking to throw knees to the head but Worrington is blocking nicely.
The Great comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The Great keeps control of Worrington as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from The Great.
Adam Worrington has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The Great is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The Great tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The Great scores with a shot to the side of Worrington's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The Great tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Worrington's elbow.
The Great lands an elbow inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Worrington has had enough of the clinch but The Great keeps him there for the moment.
Worrington has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Worrington pulls guard successfully.
Otto The Great is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Worrington trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

And that's the end of the fight!
Otto The Great showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for The Great, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Otto The Great!